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By Comicality 3 hours ago

One of the things that I regret from years ago was my complete inability to understand the language barrier or even the casual slang that people used in their emails or comments when giving me feedback to the newest chapters of stories that I put online. Hehehe, so my apologies if I misunderstood certain phrases or expressions of personal wit and took it as an insult or a criticism. Trust me, I don't do that anymore. Weird, right??? Comsie matured? Say it ain't so, Joe! LOL! Well...not
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January 28th First Month Done

By Aditus Yesterday at 08:09 AM

Are you already looking for the ‘reset button’ like me? What better method to get over a substandard start of the year is there than writing? PT#17 A young man, wearing a long striped purple scarf, is ice skating in a circle alone. What is his story? PT#18 First line: "It's pouring out here. May I come in?"
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My Daily Bread Crumbs 28 Jan

January 28th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Joseph Freinademetz Julian of Cuenca Thomas Aquinas January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Army Day (Armenia) Data Privacy Day Observances (click on the day or week for details) International Lego Day Global Community Engagement Day National Kazoo Day National Blueberry Panc

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 27 Jan

January 27th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Angela Merici Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini Devota (Monaco) Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló John Chrysostom (translation of relics) (Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox) Sava (Serbia) January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia)

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Yesterday at 04:47 AM

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 26 Jan

January 26th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alberic of Cîteaux[95] Blessed Gabriele Allegra[96] Paula Timothy and Titus January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Australia Day (Australia)[97] Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Engineer's Day (Panama) International Customs Day Liberation Day (Uganda) Republic Day (Ind

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Thursday at 04:11 AM

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 25 Jan

January 25th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Burns Night (Scotland) Christian feast day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales) Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church) The last day of the Week of Prayer

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Wednesday at 04:21 AM

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 24 Jan

January 24th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Babylas of Antioch Cadoc (Wales) Exuperantius of Cingoli Felician of Foligno Francis de Sales Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church) January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)[46] Earliest day on which Saturd

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Tuesday at 02:32 AM

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 23 Jan

January 23rd 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands) Christian feast day: Abakuh Marianne of Molokai Emerentiana Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ildefonsus of Toledo Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA)) January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West

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Monday at 02:17 AM

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 22 Jan

January 22nd 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Anastasius of Persia Gaudentius of Novara László Batthyány-Strattmann Laura Vicuna Vincent Pallotti Vincent of Saragossa Vincent, Orontius, and Victor Blessed William Joseph Chaminade January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukr

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January 23

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 21 Jan

January 21st 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia) Birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra (Norway) Christian feast day: Agnes[60] Demiana (Coptic Church) Fructuosus John Yi Yun-il (one of The Korean Martyrs) Meinrad of Einsiedeln January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Errol Barrow Day (Barbados) Flag Day (Quebec)

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January 22

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 20 Jan

January 20th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Mali) Army Day (Laos) Christian feast day: Abadios Blessed Basil Moreau Eustochia Smeralda Calafato Euthymius the Great Fabian Manchán of Lemanaghan Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando Richard Rolle (Church of England) Sebastian

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 19 Jan

January 19th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Bassianus of Lodi Henry of Uppsala Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Mark of Ephesus (Eastern Orthodox Church) Pontianus of Spoleto Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance: Ro

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January 20

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 18 Jan

January 18th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Amy Carmichael (Church of England) Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church) Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches) Cyril of Alexandria Deicolus Margaret of Hungary Prisca Volusianus of Tours January 18 (Eastern Orthodox

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January 19

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 17 Jan

January 17th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Anthony the Great Blessed Angelo Paoli Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch Charles Gore (Church of England) Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War) Mildgyth Our Lady of Pontmain Sulpitius the Pious January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 18

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 16 Jan

January 16th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Pope Benjamin (Coptic) Berard of Carbio Blaise (Armenian Apostolic) Fursey Joseph Vaz Honoratus of Arles Pope Marcellus I Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church) Titian of Oderzo Eve of Saint Anthony observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolom

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January 17

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 15 Jan

January 15th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Egypt) Armed Forces Day (Nigeria) Army Day (India) Christian feast day: Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) Arnold Janssen Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of China) Ita Our Lady of the Poor Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity) Maurus and Placidus (

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January 16

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 14 Jan

January 14th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Barba'shmin Blessed Devasahayam Pillai (Latin Church) Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran) Felix of Nola Macrina the Elder Odoric of Pordenone January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan) Feast of th

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 13 Jan

January 13th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Blessed Veronica of Milan Elian Hilary of Poitiers Mungo St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland) January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Mongolia) Democracy Day (Cape Verde) Liberation Day (Togo) Old New Year's

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 12 Jan

January 12th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Aelred of Rievaulx Benedict Biscop Bernard of Corleone Marguerite Bourgeoys Tatiana January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Memorial Day (Turkmenistan) National Youth Day (India) Prosecutor General's Day (Russia) Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) Aseggwas Amaziɣ

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January 13

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 11 Jan

January 11th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Children's Day (Tunisia) Christian feast day: Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic) Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic) Mary Slessor (Church of England) Paulinus II of Aquileia Pope Hyginus Theodosius the Cenobiarch Thomas of Cori Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic) January 11 (

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 10 Jan

January 10th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)[133] Gregory of Nyssa Leonie Aviat Obadiah (Coptic Church) Peter Orseolo Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic) William Laud (Anglican Communion) William of Donjeon January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 09 Jan

January 9th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Adrian of Canterbury[117] Berhtwald Translation of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines) Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA)) Stephen (old calendar Eastern Orthodox) January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Hongan

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 08 Jan

January 8th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Babinden (Belarus, Russia) Christian feast day: Abo of Tiflis Apollinaris Claudius Blessed Eurosia Fabris Gauchito Gil (Folk Catholicism) Gudula Harriet Bedell (Episcopal Church (USA)) Lawrence Giustiniani Lucian of Beauvais Maximus of Pavia Our Lady of Prompt Succor (R

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January 9

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 07 Jan

January 7th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian Feast Day: André Bessette (Canada) Canute Lavard Charles of Sezze Felix and Januarius Lucian of Antioch Raymond of Penyafort Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian Calendar) January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental

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My Daily Bread Crumbs 06 Jan

January 6th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Iraq) Christian Feast day: André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church)[273] January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Christmas: Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church) Christmas Eve (Russia) Christmas Eve (Ukraine) Christmas Eve (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Christmas Eve (North Macedonia)

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January 7

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- Word Connotations
  
  By Mancunian · Posted 8 minutes ago
  
  Thank you @Comicality for those words of wisdom and words of wisdom they are. When reading a story I very often skip the sex scenes as many written almost like porn, if I wanted porn I'd go to porn web-site, so as to get to what is otherwise a good story. When reading some stories I will also skip a fight scene as almost feels like gratuitous violence and not really relevant, or am I just being picky here. As you say words set the scene, a romantic sex scene feels like it's a relevant part of a
- Grammar Guide 4 - Back to Basics - Adverbs
  
  By JamesSavik · Posted 3 hours ago
  
  Like any other spice, used sparingly, adverbs can be useful. Where they are most useful is characterizing by action. It doesn’t just tell you what the character did. It tells you how they did it.
- January 28th First Month Done
  
  By Valkyrie · Posted 9 hours ago
  
  Sigh. I need more time to write!
- prototype - Word of the Day - Fri Jan 28, 2022
  
  By JamesSavik · Posted 10 hours ago
  
  Version 1.00 of anything should be considered a prototype, not a product.
- Grammar Guide 4 - Back to Basics - Adverbs
  
  By AC Benus · Posted 12 hours ago
  
  I flagged something in my book-editing efforts this morning. Adverb-verb arrangement; what is your preference? My example: "He truly began to like Kitchiner", or would you feel it's more natural so say: "He began truly to like Kitchiner"? Do you follow any set rules?
- Grammar Guide 4 - Back to Basics - Adverbs
  
  By Ron · Posted Yesterday at 12:25 AM
  
  Most things that end with LY can be said or written using other words, it just takes more words to get the point across. "He walked happily down the sidewalk." can become "It was clear to all that he was happy due to his prancing while wearing a bunny suit because most people don't do that unless they're happy." Also, it ups your word count.
- Grammar Guide 4 - Back to Basics - Adverbs
  
  By Myr · Posted Thursday at 10:52 PM
  
  If you makes you feel better, I am a horror show when it comes to commas. @Cia edits for me, posts included, and is always telling me about my missing commas. I do check for the Oxford comma though, otherwise she's really clobber me
- Grammar Guide 4 - Back to Basics - Adverbs
  
  By Carlos Hazday · Posted Thursday at 07:46 PM
  
  WARNING At one point, the promotion team chastised me for using, I quote: "too many ly words." When I work with other authors these days, I suggest not every verb needs an adverb just like not every noun needs an adjective.
- manifesto - Word of the Day - Thu Jan 27, 2022
  
  By JamesSavik · Posted Thursday at 03:41 PM
  
  The Unibomber's downfall was the publication of his Manifesto. When it was published people who knew him could easily recognize his peculiar brand of insanity.
- Wintry Prompts 1/21/22
  
  By astone2292 · Posted Thursday at 09:06 AM
  
  A quick little submission, but I had fun with it. https://gayauthors.org/story/astone2292/rocky-prompts-tennessee/6

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